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Representatives of the Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have reached a draft agreement that may end decades of conflicts.
The breakthrough, mediated by the United States and Qatar, provides for “disconnection, disarmament and conditional integration” of armed groups fighting in the Eastern D -Congo.
It also includes provisions on a joint security mechanism to prevent future outbreaks. The peace deal is expected to be officially signed next week.
The transaction can open the way to billions of Western investments in a region rich in conflict for three decades.
However, analysts say many questions remain in the content of the peaceful deal.
The US State Department said the technical groups initiated a draft text on Wednesday, ahead of the official signing ceremony next Friday to witness US Secretary Mark Rubio.
The statement said the transaction was reached within three days of “constructive dialogue on political, security and economic interests” between the officials of the two countries of Washington.
The latest draft agreement is based on the previous agreement signed earlier, added.
At the end of April, Rwanda and D -R Congo signed an agreement in Washington, promising to respect each other’s sovereignty and come up with a peaceful transaction project for several days.
For decades, the conflict has grown earlier this year, when the M23 emerges – widely believed to be supported by Rwanda – confiscated checks of the territory rich in the Eastern D -Congo.
Rwanda denies M23 support, insisting that his military presence in the region is a defensive measure of the threats representing armed groups such as the FDLR is a rebel group, which is mainly composed of ethnic houses associated with the 1994 Rwand genocide.
The M23 captured Guo at the end of January, after which the city of Bukava, and since then created governing structures in the regions under its control.
Thousands of people were killed and hundreds of thousands of civilians are forced from their houses in recent months after the rebels.
After the loss of the territory, the government in Kinshase appealed to the US for help, offering access to critical minerals. Eastern D -R Congo is rich in colton and other resources that are vital for the global electronics industry.
Peaceful deals between the two countries have unfolded in the past.
Last year, Rwanda and Congolation experts have twice reached an agreement within the framework of the Angolan Mediation on the abolition of Rwandan troops and joint FDLR operations, but the ministers of both countries failed to approve the deal. Angola eventually left as a mediator in March.
